diff --git a/src/Compat.jl b/src/Compat.jl
index 89a82e829..8ea6bae76 100644
--- a/src/Compat.jl
+++ b/src/Compat.jl
@@ -701,4 +701,9 @@ if VERSION < v"0.5.0-dev+431"
     end
 end
 
+if VERSION < v"0.5.0-dev+763"
+    export SparseArrays
+    const SparseArrays = Base.SparseMatrix
+end
+
 end # module
diff --git a/test/runtests.jl b/test/runtests.jl
index f7449ec6f..500d40e4f 100644
--- a/test/runtests.jl
+++ b/test/runtests.jl
@@ -529,6 +529,7 @@ f141(::Type{TCPSocket}) = true
 @test f141(OutOfMemoryError)
 @test f141(Base64EncodePipe)
 @test f141(UDPSocket)
+@test f141(TCPSocket)
 
 # Union syntax
 if VERSION < v"0.4.0-dev+5379"
@@ -541,3 +542,6 @@ end
 @test remotecall_fetch(() -> true, 1)
 @test fetch(remotecall_wait(() -> true, 1))
 Base.remote_do(() -> true, 1) # Doesn't return anything so cannot be `@test`ed but should print some output if it fails
+
+# JuliaLang/julia#13440
+@test isa(SparseArrays, Module)